Van Elle (LON:VANL) Sets New 12-Month High - Here's What Happened

Key Points

• Shares of Van Elle hit a new 52-week high of GBX 52 (last at GBX 51) on heavy volume (~24.77 million shares), trading up about 54.5% from the prior close of GBX 33.
• The company has a market capitalization of £55.18 million and a P/E of 127.5, while profitability is modest with a net margin of 0.35% and ROE of 0.90%; quarterly EPS was GBX 1.40 and analysts expect roughly 4.20 EPS for the year.
• Van Elle is the UK's largest specialist geotechnical engineering contractor, offering piling, rail geotechnical and ground engineering services across residential, infrastructure and regional construction markets.

Shares of Van Elle Holdings plc (LON:VANL - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 52 and last traded at GBX 51, with a volume of 24771219 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 33.

Van Elle Stock Up 54.5%

The stock has a market capitalization of £55.18 million, a P/E ratio of 127.50 and a beta of 0.52. The company's 50-day moving average price is GBX 35.66 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 35.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.29, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 1.72.

Van Elle (LON:VANL - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 26th. The company reported GBX 1.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Van Elle had a net margin of 0.35% and a return on equity of 0.90%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Van Elle Holdings plc will post 4.198895 earnings per share for the current year.

Van Elle Company Profile

Van Elle Holdings is the UK's largest and most diverse specialist geotechnical engineering contractor. The Company provides a range of ground engineering techniques and services including ground investigation; general and specialist piling, rail geotechnical engineering, modular foundations and ground improvement and stabilisation services. Van Elle operates through three divisions: General Piling, Specialist Piling and Ground Engineering and is focused on three end markets; residential and housing, infrastructure and regional construction across which the Group has completed more than 20,000 projects over the last 35 years. General Piling provides a range of larger piling and ground engineering solutions for open-site construction projects; Specialist Piling provides a range of geotechnical solutions in operationally constrained environments including on-track rail applications; and Ground Engineering Services offers a range of ground investigation and geotechnical services and modular foundation solutions such as Smartfoot®.

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